Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice ruling party, speaks at a news conference in Gdansk, Poland, on Tuesday. By Wojciech Sadurski May 21 at 3:41 PM Wojciech Sadurski, author of “Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown,” is a distinguished visiting professor at Fordham Law School in New York. He is also the Challis professor in jurisprudence at the University of Sydney Law School and a professor of European studies at the University of Warsaw.
Over the past six months, the Polish government’s propaganda machine has repeatedly denounced me as an enemy and traitor. But it hasn’t left it at that. Various authorities and institutions have also sued and prosecuted me. Some of the cases have since been dropped, though mostly on formal grounds. But three remain pending against me and will go to court.
I have, in short, become the target of autocrats who have weaponized the law against their opponents. Political scientists call this “discriminatory legalism.” In this respect, Polish strongman and PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has joined the company of Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. One might also include former Peruvian president Oscar Benavides, author of the immortal maxim: “For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.
It has used its control of these institutions to subordinate the judiciary to the ministry of justice, which also obeys the party. In this sense the system of government constitutes an organized group, and it is criminal in nature since its aims are anti-constitutional.
Welcome to the United States of America
these polticians should be kicked off from europe. their partner is putin. they should make an union with him
Poor baby shut the hell up then or live with it
Sounds like me
I thought at first that its about me. Im still will be laughing at those idiots in Poland’s government,but I dont even writing about them and thats surely problem to those psychopaths too. 'Man'at the photo stole from Polish idiots'moon',gave it to British,now its leading them.
Well,atleast he didn't criticizwd Israel The right would have call him antisemite and Meganh McCain would have his ass
No doubt about it.
Let the victim Olympics begin. When is the left going to stop promoting victimhood as a reward?
I see Jim Acosta is now writing fake news articles for the Washington Post.
When self pitying became a virtue
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